L'abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris)
1854
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868
Printer, French, 1822 - 1907

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 14.8 × 28.8 cm (5 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
plate: 16.5 × 29.8 cm (6 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 21.5 × 34.1 cm (8 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.6171
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 45, State iii/ix
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London; Thomas Tylston Greg [1858-1920], Chesire; Major J.H.W. Rennie [19th century]; Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 55.
1945
Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 81.
1965
Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 104.
1966
Art in the Making, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1966.
1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as The Apse of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris.
Bibliography
1924
Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.
1990
Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.
Inscriptions
Not signed. Not dated. "No 50. 1e termine -see note by Delatre at back" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "D4631-" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "4e ep. la plus belle que j'ai tirée / de cette planche. Aug Delâtre" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, Auguste Delâtre's hand.
Markings
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
K[illeg.]
Wikidata ID
Q65019216